diff --git a/conda/opencv/meta.yaml b/conda/opencv/meta.yaml
index 8960636ac6b70d2d071fba2daa35a19e73828ec9..882f903db56904cf36a6c9f415a5f29a15df476b 100644
--- a/conda/opencv/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/opencv/meta.yaml
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ outputs:
       run:
         - {{ pin_subpackage('libopencv', exact=True) }}
         - {{ pin_subpackage('py-opencv', exact=True) }}
-        - {{ pin_compatible('setuptools') }}
     test:
       script: run_test_opencv.py